Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] accepted the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had always accepted the unwritten law of the pop jungle — all publicity is good publicity — and no matter what the excuses , she needed the headlines as much as their writers needed her . |
| 2 | ( Many Keynesians who had never accepted the Phillips curve regarded its ‘ breakdown ’ as the long overdue come uppance of an uninvited and unwelcome intruder . ) |
| 3 | He had also accepted the gift of a jet ski from a construction company seeking public works contracts . |
| 4 | He had already accepted the need for reunion of churches in South India and agreed with Archbishop Michael Ramsey 's view that risks should be taken for the sake of Gospel . |
| 5 | He wrote to Law to protest when he was offered only an under secretaryship. pointing out that he had only accepted the Chairmanship because of the offer of a cabinet post . |
| 6 | Asked why he had initially accepted the Sarajevo agreement , he replied that he had been isolated and that the EC mediators had insisted on acceptance as a precondition for diplomatic recognition , which was his government 's " main objective " in the short term . |
| 7 | Campaign , the advertising industry trade paper , noted that he had happily accepted the deletion of the suffix ‘ man ’ from his title of Chairman of News on Sunday Publishing plc . |